Healthcare IT industry news in brief
This week’s industry round-up focuses on companies, and includes news of rebrands, a new chief executive for Caradigm, and projects that firms are involved in, including a huge European telehealth trial led by Royal Philips.
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Hillingdon Hospitals develops care record app
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has developed a Hillingdon Care Record mobile app for phones and tablets that is live with nearly 100 users.
Clinical Software
Mobile health and app news in brief
This month’s round-up of mobile and app news includes the introduction of free wi-fi at Leeds Teaching Hospitals and a mobile e-referral solution for therapists at Nottingham Hospitals.
Digital Patient
Digital Health interview: Ali Parsa
Kim Thomas talks to Ali Parsa, the former chief executive of Circle, and leader of Babylon Health; a company with big plans to disrupt healthcare by offering services over and app and by automating them using AI.
Digital Patient
Mobile and app news in brief
This month’s round-up of mobile and app news includes an announcement from Apple that it is expanding its health initiatives with a new tool called CareKit, due to launch in April.
Digital Patient
Healthcare IT industry news in brief
This week’s industry round up features a new deal for Emis Health, a link-up between System C and an electronic document management provider, two significant PACS developments for Insignia, and a partnership between Boots and Tunstall Healthcare.
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Ade Memoire: feeling appathetic
In one of his occasional columns, Adrian Byrne, Southampton’s director of IT and chair of the Health CIO Network, considers the gap between the hype and reality of health apps; and the work that will need to be done to close it.
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Epilepsy app wins international award
An app that allows people with epilepsy to self-monitor their condition has won an international challenge, launched by the Epilepsy Foundation of America.
Digital Patient
Google’s AI outfit focuses on health tech
Google-owned artificial intelligence company DeepMind has launched a new division to work with NHS clinicians on developing technology to improve patient care.
Clinical Software
NHS Leeds West CCG rolls out pain management app
As part of a redesign of a chronic pain pathway, NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group is offering patients free access to the PainSense app developed by ADI, to help them manage their pain.
Digital Patient